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Re: I've never heard anyone say deer-dree. (m)
I've never heard anyone say deer-dree.
I think it's more of a British thing, thanks to Coronation Street :-( So I only hear DEER-dree here, but I do hear DEER-dra in American contexts. Thank you for the feedback!_____________________________________________________________________Elinor
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Hmmm, interesting. Seems like it's usually us Americans with the weird pronunciation problems. But nope, over here I think deer-dra would be the norm.
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Ah, you took the words right out of my mouth!
Because of Corrie, I can't imagine being able to persuade many English people to pronounce it DEER-dra, although, IMO, it sounds much nicer.
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